March 22, 1926 
Canada 
Victoria Memorial Museum 
Bulletin No. 43 
BIOLOGICAL SERIES No. 11 
LIST OF MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FLESHY FUNGI OF THE 
OTTAWA DISTRICT 
By W. S. Odell 
The fungi enumerated in the following list were, with a few exceptions, 
collected by the writer within a radius of 12 miles from Ottawa. In the 
few cases where specimens were received from outside points, the collector’s 
name is given. 
The specimens collected were brought, as quickly as possible, to the 
Photographic Division, Geological Survey, Department of Mines, where 
they were photographed, natural size. They were then sent to Dr. John 
Dearness, Normal School, London, Ont., to whom the writer is gratefully 
indebted for identification of the specimens, as well as for kind assistance 
in the preparation of the list itself. 
The numbers in front of the species names in the list represent field 
numbers. Each one of them corresponds with a number, or, occasionally, 
with the numbers, of negatives filed with the Photographic Division. 
In the list, the month and year of collection are given, but these data 
do not mean that the various species are to be found only in the months 
mentioned, although they indicate the season in which a particular species is 
most likely to be found. 
In the preparation of the list Saccardo’s system has been followed, 
with the species arranged alphabetically within the genera. 
For the vast majority of the species Latin names only are given, because 
no universal or even commonly used names are available. Where common 
names are available, they are given in parenthesis. Dr. John Dearness, 
in a recent letter, writes: “When checking (the list) I am struck with the 
small number Canadians know by common names, compared with the 
number known by the European continentalists,” 
The writer is greatly indebted to Mr. M. O. Malte for his valuable 
assistance in the preparation of the manuscript for press. 
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